Tuberculosis Relapse in Vietnam Is Significantly Associated With Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype Infections. In this paper PhD student May Nguyet Thu Huyen presents a molecular epidemiology study of the effects of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype on tuberculosis relapse rates in Vietnam. She finds that patients infected with...
Alignment of new tuberculosis drug regimens and drug susceptibility testing: a framework for action This viewpoint paper addresses new priorities for drug susceptibility testing (DST) and surveillance now that new tuberculosis drug regimens are likely to be introduced in the coming years. It is a summary...
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Isoniazid Preventive Therapy and Tuberculosis Drug Resistance In a Focus paper, Frank Cobelens dicusses the outcomes and implications of a mathematical modeling study by Mills at al in the same issue. Mills' study explores the long-term population-level impact of large-scale isoniazid...
Long-distance truck drivers are at risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and have suboptimal access to care. New HIV prevention strategies using antiretroviral drugs to reduce transmission risk (early antiretroviral therapy (ART) at CD4 count >350 cells/μL) have shown efficacy in clinical trials. Demonstration projects are...
VNTR fingerprinting useful for typing M. tuberculosis bacterial strains in Vietnam. Clustering of Beijing genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the Mekong delta in Vietnam on the basis of variable number of tandem repeat versus restriction fragment length polymorphism typing. Authors: Huyen MN, Kremer K, Lan NT, Buu TN,...
An analysis led by Gabriela Gomez, AIGHD, AMC Department of Global Health published March 12 Preventing HIV infection with antiretroviral drugs in people at risk of HIV exposure is cost-effective A review of 13 modelling studies, published in this week’s PLOS Medicine led by Gabriela Gomez and...
Recent publications AIGHD/AMC Department of Global Health by Gabriela Gomez on Ending Congenital Syphilis Congenital syphilis, transmitted during pregnancy to babies, continues to be a significant public health burden. But it is inexpensive to detect and treat and would be relatively simple to eliminate. AIGHD worked with...
Research on Implementation of Interventions in Tuberculosis Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review Frank Cobelens, Sanne van Kampen, Eleanor Ochodo, Rifat Atun, Christian Lienhardt Little evidence to support TB interventions in real-world, low-resource settings Tuberculosis remains one of the major infectious diseases affecting millions of...
New publication of the most recent paper from INTERACT project H (Read more on Interact..>) Rulisa S, Kaligirwa N, Agaba S, Karema C, Mens PF and De Vries PJ. Pharmacovigilance of artemether-lumefantrine in pregnant women followed until delivery in Rwanda. Malaria Journal 2012, 11:225 (6 July 2012). To view the...
Another publication of HIV-NAT (HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration) has been accepted Prevalence of anemia and underlying iron status in naïve antiretroviral therapy HIV-infected children with moderate immune suppression Pope Kosalaraksa, Torsak Bunupuradah, Vonthanak Saphonn, Surapon Wiangnon, Rawiwan Hansudewechakul, Ung Vibol, Suparat Kanchanawanit, Chaiwat Ngampiyaskul,...